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Again, two worlds: on the right, the reflection of a lady in the window of a train passing through a station at great speed. On the left, what you perceive from the station from the perspective of the train. What is moving? The train or the train station?
Wikipedia: The city of Nan's most famous wat is renowned for its cruciform ubosot which was constructed in 1596 and restored during the reign of Phra Chao Anantaworritthidet (Chao Nakhon Nan No.62nd) (1852-1892).
It is the only temple which was built as if it were on the back of two immense snakes (or Nagas). Each of the four entrances is preceded by a small corridor topped by a finely decorated, point-shaped structure (underlining the royal origin of the temple) and is equipped with smoothly carved doors; with Chinese demon guards in the east, flowers in the north and forest life motives in the Lanna style in the west and south.
The wat's interior is impressive. It is also a good example of Thai Lue architecture. The structure of the roof is supported by twelve teak pillars decorated with gold on black and red lacquer and elephants' motives. The ceiling is also finely decorated. The flowered altar resting in the center of the bôt supports four Buddhas of the Sukhothai style in the pose of Bhūmisparsa mudrā
Well preserved murals of great value illustrating the Khattana Kumara Jataka on the Northern wall and the Nimi Jatakas on the Western wall as well as scenes of the local life of the time when they were painted by Thai Lue artists during the restoration of the temple at the end of the 19th century. Europeans can even be noticed: a reference to the arrival of the French to whom the East of the Nan valley area was yielded in 1893. The style is rather distinctive and quite removed from the traditional style of temple paintings in Thailand.
Created for Faestock Challenge 154 - Elsa 16
Castle background by KarinClaessonArt - deviantArt
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Foreground by Sisterslaughter165 - deviantArt
Birds by Roy3D = deviantArt
A few local photographers got out last night to witness the Missouri River crest near Kaw Point. For reference, the Lewis and Clark statue is something people can normally walk another 10 yards or so past before hitting the banks of the river.
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Dylan update for Karen ♥
Considering doing the lips over. Is the color right?
Fabric for dress shown underneath :)
A Photo of Neighbor's Flower Garden of 2011 in which Mrs Happy Face's Pastel Painting will be Completed from ... Greetings all and Thank You for Visiting
By now, the snow is gone and replaced with the flowing water of Medano Creek at Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve in Colorado. At the time I was there, back in February, the snow was still there and it was about a 1/4-mile trudge through snow and over ice to get to the sand dunes.
The dunes here are the tallest in North America, but without that human for scale andn reference, you might not realize just how tall.
Sometimes, it's ok to add a person or human-made object to your landscapes, just to give your viewer a sense of the size / extent of a vista.
In my batch of figures from Star Wars: The Force Awakens I also made 3 of the Original Trilogy characters: Chewy, Han Solo, and General Leia.
Chewbacca
With Chewy, I knew I had to make him significantly taller than the normal sized LEGO minifigure. With help from Dylan/TheMooseFigs, Billy/billbobful, and their respective limb extension techniques, I was able to make Chewy the right height and keep his proportions correct. After extending the limbs, I used Procreate to sculpt onto his legs and arms so they wouldn't look so thin compared with LEGO's head/torso mold. Then I painted everything a dark brown, added the initial areas of dark tan/brown, then did a lot of dry brushing to try to get the two colors to fuse together. Toes were also painted on.
His Bowcaster is made out of a LEGO Crossbow, 2 LEGO Rifle scopes, BrickArms M4 muzzle, BrickArms Sten Gun collapsible stock, wire, and procreate.
Han Solo
Han is my favorite hero from the OT, so I was really looking forward to making his figure.
His legs were initially reddish brown, then I added on the dark brown boots and dark brown holster/belt which was outlined in a more of a glossier black since regular matte black would blend in too much. Some silver and gunmetal details were painted on for the buckles and such. The torso was a plain white torso with the collar painted on in dark grey, then other details and wrinkles were added on in a light grey. His jacket is a modified CapeMadness vest painted dark brown, along with his arms. On his vest, I glued on a modified TinyTactical Chemlight unit which was painted up. Other details were painted onto the vest in black and gloss black. Han's face is the regular Han Solo face with the color of the eyebrows altered and some wrinkles added on. The hair was washed in dark brown. His weapon is a BrickArms DL-44 with a gunmetal muzzle, brown grip, and washed in gunmetal/silver.
General Leia
There weren't a lot of reference photos for Leia out there, so some of this figure is a little inaccurate. She wears a sand grayish-green jumpsuit, so I had to mix that color. She has black boots, and a black belt with silver buckle. On her torso, I painted various details in black as well as dark green. Her vest is a modified CapeMadness trench coat painted purple, and details added on in gloss black. Her face is the TLG Leia face with the eyebrows painted and some wrinkles added on, and the hair was painted dark tan, washed in brown, then washed in grey.
Let me know what you all think, I'd really appreciate it!
Also, please be considerate and leave the comments spoiler-free!
YT Video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uE9iv1Adz4U
Sonnenberg Gardens, also known as Sonnenberg Gardens and Mansion State Historic Park, Canandaigua, New York, USA, at the North end of Canandaigua Lake, in the Finger Lakes region of Upstate New York. The house and gardens are open to the public every day, May through October.
The property was once the summer home of Frederick Ferris Thompson, a prominent banker in New York City, and his wife Mary Clark Thompson, whose father, Myron Holley Clark, was Governor of New York State in 1855. The Clark family was from Canandaigua, NY. Mr. & Mrs. Thompson's main home was in NYC in a large townhouse on Madison Avenue. The Thompsons purchased the Sonnenberg property in 1863, keeping the name, Sonnenberg (which means "sunny hill" in German). In 1887, they replaced the original farmhouse with a forty-room Queen Anne style mansion. The property also had a 100-acre farm to the east. Sonnenberg's gardens were designed and built between 1902–1919, and originally consisted of nine gardens in a variety of styles.
NRHP Reference#:73001240
The Reference Library is Queen Margerethe II's book collection. Many of the books date from the 1700s.
Christiansborg Palace was built from 1907 to 1928. The palace contains premises for the royal family, the Parliament and the judiciary system.
My lens isn't wide enough to get all 5 planets in one shot, so, using the tree as a reference, I overlayed two seperate images I snapped showing the "Parade of Planets" from northern NH on Thursday morning (it was too cloudy to view anything from here Friday).
I was genuinely writing a reference for an ex-work colleague.
Now, I need to go and pack for a week in Blackpool!
The word tattoo, or tattow in the 18th century, is a loanword from the Polynesian word tatau, meaning "correct, workmanlike".] TheOxford English Dictionary gives the etymology of tattoo as "In 18th c. tattaow, tattow. From Polynesian (Samoan, Tahitian, Tongan, etc.) tatau. In Marquesan, tatu." Before the importation of the Polynesian word, the practice of tattooing had been described in the West as painting, scarring, or staining.
This is not to be confused with the origins of the word for the military drumbeat or performance — see military tattoo. In this case, the English word tattoo is derived from the Dutch word taptoe (OED).
Mainstream art galleries hold exhibitions of both conventional and custom tattoo designs such as Beyond Skin, at the Museum of Croydon. Copyrighted tattoo designs that are mass-produced and sent to tattoo artists are known as "flash", a notable instance of industrial design. Flash sheets are prominently displayed in many tattoo parlors for the purpose of providing both inspiration and ready-made tattoo images to customers.
The Japanese word irezumi means "insertion of ink" and can mean tattoos using tebori, the traditional Japanese hand method, a Western-style machine, or for that matter, any method of tattooing using insertion of ink. The most common word used for traditional Japanese tattoo designs is Horimono. Japanese may use the word "tattoo" to mean non-Japanese styles of tattooing.
Anthropologist Ling Roth in 1900 described four methods of skin marking and suggested they be differentiated under the names "tatu", "moko", "cicatrix", and "keloid".
The first written reference to the word tattoo (or tatau), appears in the journal of Joseph Banks (24 February 1743 – 19 June 1820), the naturalist aboard Captain Cook's ship the HMS Endeavour: "I shall now mention the way they mark themselves indelibly, each of them is so marked by their humour or disposition".
The word "tattoo" was brought to Europe by the explorer James Cook, when he returned in 1769 from his first voyage to Tahiti and New Zealand. In his narrative of the voyage, he refers to an operation called "tattaw".
Tattoo enthusiasts may refer to tattoos as "ink", "pieces", "skin art", "tattoo art", "tats", or "work"; to the creators as "tattoo artists", "tattooers", or "tattooists"; and to places where they work as "tattoo shops", "tattoo studios", or "tattoo parlors".
Please do not fave my photos without commenting ( what do people do with thousands of faves, look at them every morning?)
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Reference: The Empire Strikes Back, ILM studio/filming Model
Size: height 52 cm (on stand) 43.5 cm / width 40 cm / depth 21 cm
Weight: 2950 g
Parts: Stand 370 / Ship 4738 / Total 5108
Construction time: 1,5 years (with planning)
Builders: Skywalter, Marshal Banana
Instruction: Skywalter, available on www.brickvault.toys
Photos, video: Marshal Banana
Number of model versions/prototypes: 37
Software: stud.io, Adobe Photoshop
Camera: Sony Alpha 7 MKIII, Sony SEL 50mm/F 2.8 macro lens
Both of us wanted to work together on a model for a long time. The subject of the collaboration was found rather quick – the Slave 1 of Boba Fett, as seen in the original trilogy. We wanted to test a digital-first approach with stud.io for this model, which also enabled close collaboration from the get-go despite the status of the world. While it was an unusual take on that model and a completely new experience for us, it allowed us to combine our unique strengths in style and building, bringing the best results out of our joint work. We iteratively pitched concepts and ideas, challenged (and sometimes stressed) each other. But in the end, we think this particularly elevated our work: For sure without this approach, this model would not exist as it does, and we are especially proud of our collaboration and the outcome.
The Slave 1, unlike other models, has not often been rendered as a MOC. The round shapes and crazy angles of the model, which you might call with good right “not-LEGO-friendly”, are probably a major reason for this. Therefore, this challenge was extra appealing to us - and we were not disappointed: This is the ultimate final boss in LEGO building!
We based our MOC on the ILM studio/filming model built for The Empire Strikes Back. The most important goal for us was to recreate the correct proportions, smooth roundness and a precise rendering of the "used universe look“ or weathering you often see on Star Wars ships. But we didn't just want our Slave 1 to look good, we also faithfully recreated all functions and features: These include a rotating cockpit, which is triggered by turning the wings, and a fully fleshed out loading ramp. Both the interior and the weapon systems are realized: There is a weapon hatch on one side (instead of two, which is wrong for Bobas Slave 1), twin-laser turrets, two retractable torpedo launchers at the tip of the trunk and a working seismic bomb dispenser. Crew quarters, hidden quarters for Boba and many more details were faithfully recreated.
The studio/filming model was modified for the different movies and TV-shows. Especially for "The Mandalorian" and "The Book of Boba Fett" the interior was enlarged, and, among other things, an additional pilot's seat was added compared to the original. The scale of our model is based on the size of the windshield (if you're precise: it's 1 stud too short and the curvature is not correct), which roughly results in minifigure scale.
Cheers! Skywalter, Marshal Banana
Built in approximately three days - I worked quite directly from a piece of reference material, which I don't usually do, but I'd say this turned out pretty dang well. I'm currently working on both my Star Wars Factions landing platform MOC as shown in my last post, as well as another cyberpunk vig which is a little larger than this one. I'll try to get a photo of these two cyberpunk builds together once the second is done.
C&C welcome.